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		The Case Against the Death Penalty ^Votes:0 The Case Against The Death Penalty by Hugo Adam Bedau Contents Preface Introduction Deterrence Unfairness Inevitability of Error Barbarity Retribution Financial Costs Public Opinion Abolition Trends For Further Information & Reference Notes Preface Hugo Adam Bedau is Fletcher Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. He has written and edited a number of books on political philosophy and on capital punishment, including Death is Different (1987) and The Death Penalty in America , 3rd edition (1982 ). He gratefully acknowledges the assistance of Henry Schwarzschild, Director Emeritus of the ACLU Capital Punishment Project. The American Civil Liberties Union holds that the death penalty inherently violates the constitutional ban against cruel and unusual punishment and the guarantee of du Read More Go to Site


		Clarence Darrow's Summation in the Leopold and Loeb Trial ^Votes:0 TEXT OF DARROW SUMMATION (August 22, 1924) SELECTED EXCERPTS FROM SUMMATION: Darrow's Argument Begins The Most Dastardly Act in the Annals of Crime Cash Had Nothing to Do with It The Killing Was Not for Money Loeb, Detective Stories, and the Perfect Crime A Purposeless, Motiveless Act As They Might Kill a Spider The Life of Childhood A Weird, Almost Impossible Relationship This Was Not a Normal Act Eating Watermelons Nothing Happens Without a Cause All Life is a Series of Infinite Chances Any Mother Might Be the Mother The Moving Finger Writes Impotent Pieces in the Game He Plays Hearts Calloused by War If These Boys Are to Hang, You Must Do It Save Two Honorable Families From Disgrace Money Is a Handicap The Death of Bobby Franks Should Not Be in Vain If There Is Such a Thing as Justice L Read More Go to Site

		Death Penalty Information (from: http://www.soci.niu.edu/~critcrim) ^Votes:0 Anti-Capital Punishment Resources from the ASC's Critical Criminology Division ASC RESOLUTION ON THE DEATH PENALTY: Be it resolved that because social science research has demonstrated the death penalty to be racist in application and social science research has found no consistent evidence of crime deterrence through execution, the ASC publicly condemns this form of punishment and urges its members to use their professional skills in legislatures and the courts to seek a speedy abolition of this form of punishment (ASC Annual Meeting, Montreal, 1987). (SEE ALSO the American Bar Association call for a moratorium and the statement of the Catholic Bishops of Texas Department of Justice General Information and Statistics Capital Punishment, 1997 (BJS) \| Capital Punishment, 1996 (BJS) \| Capita Read More Go to Site

		Fight the Death Penalty in USA ^Votes:0 Danish section Updated January 24 Death penalty and executions in USA and on death row in Texas and death row inmates Fight the death penalty in USA www.fdp.dk Texas Death Row and death penalty and executions in USA's capital punishment. Click here if you want to be notified when the site has been updated This website is dedicated to the abolition of the death penalty in the USA. It is not run by an organization, just by me, and I hope that you will find it useful and that it will provide you some food for thought, even if you are a proponent for the death penalty or you oppose it like I do. Anyway: Welcome and enjoy the stay here. Niels Graverholt How would you react if somebody raped and murdered your child? I have often been asked this question by supporters of the death penalty, and my Read More Go to Site

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		Ohioans to Stop Executions ^Votes:0 skip to main \| skip to sidebar Ohioans to Stop Executions Dedicated to ending the death penalty in Ohio. Upcoming OTSE Meetings Northeast Ohio Tuesday, December 12, 2007 7 PM Trinity Cathedral 2230 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, 44115 Southwest Ohio Tuesday, December 12, 2007 7 PM Peaslee Neighborhood Center 215 E. 14th Street, Cincinnati, 45202 All are welcome! For more information, contact Kevin Werner. kevin_werner_jr@yahoo.com 614-560-0654 Posted by OTSE The State of Ohio given 90 days to retry or release Death Row Inmate!! Great News!!! Kenny Richey, a UK citizen on Ohio's Death Row for 20 years, has been granted a retrial or release within 90 days due to ineffective counsel. A three judge panel of theU.S. 6th Circuit Court of Apeals confirmed their 2005 decision that was overturned by the Read More Go to Site

		The Morality of the Death Penalty ^Votes:0 The Morality of the Death Penalty by Yves Barbero Politics without a moral base is greed at best, and fascism at worse. Morality without a political program is mere self-indulgence and worse than useless. For years, I wavered on the validity of the death penalty as an instrument of law enforcement. I never doubted that there are truly evil people who are responsible for many deaths. I listed them in my mind. The political bad guy: Hitler, Saddam, Stalin, and a few closer to home... The corporate policy maker: Sugar in baby food, side gas tanks, the Pinto, phony aircraft parts... The badly programmed: A variety of serial killers. The terrorist: Defined as an individual who is willing to violently advance a political program. The cold-blooded hit man. The killer drunk driver, the murdering r Read More Go to Site

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